Gandhi wrote: > > I'd like to, but dare not use subwoofers. I have a neighbor with such a > contraption and this buildning clearly wasn't constructed with that in > mind. I don't want to stress my neighbors more that I already do. And I > do. But just for adding to my brainweight, or in case I move house soon > (I'm looking), please let me know any good ideas.
The multiple subwoofer idea is a deep rabbit hole. :D One of its proponents is Earl Geddes, a guy who did his Ph.D dissertation three decades ago on acoustics of small rooms. A good place to start might be '_this_blog_post_' (http://seriousaudioblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/two-great-articles-on-multiple.html), which hosts two PDF files concerning multiple sub theory and setup procedure written by Dr. Geddes, along with some commentary by the blogger, who goes by the nym of DS-21 on several forums. There's also a '_video_by_Earl_on_this_topic_' (http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/28637776/highlight/323843) which has an associated '_PowerPoint_presentation_' (http://gedlee.azurewebsites.net/Papers/OptimalBassPlaybackinSmallRooms.pptx) (PPTX file), which helps, as the display of the PowerPoint slides in the video is hard to read. Also, this video skips the beginning of the presentation which was disturbed by a number of technical problems with the video equipment. Reading the beginning of the PPTX file helps to fill in the missing details from the beginning. I see you're using Linux. I'm on Windows, and LibreOffice is working well for viewing the PPTX file. These techniques rely on measurement capability. I'm using the free Room EQ Wizard, along with an inexpensive measurement mic and an external USB sound adapter that has a mic preamp with phantom power for the mic built in. I see from your sig that you're using some room correction software, so I guess you already have measurement capability. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ andy_c's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3128 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101723 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
